Carnegie Museum of Art
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Pittsburgh, PA 15213-4080
Pittsburgh, PA 15213-4080
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1874 Brooklyn, New York - 1953 New York City. Known for: Animals in landscape painting-dinosaurs, sculpture.
Charles was an American artist best known for his influential paintings of dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals. His works have been reproduced in many books and exhibited at major museums in the... Read full biography
Charles was an American artist best known for his influential paintings of dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals. His works have been reproduced in many books and exhibited at major museums in the United States. As a child, Knight was deeply interested in nature and animals, and spent many hours... Read full biography
Charles was an American artist best known for his influential paintings of dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals. His works have been reproduced in many books and exhibited at major museums in the United States. As a child, Knight was deeply interested in nature and animals, and spent many hours copying the illustrations from his father's natural history books. Though legally blind because of astigmatism and a subsequent injury to his right eye, Knight pursued his artistic talents with the... Read full biography
Charles was an American artist best known for his influential paintings of dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals. His works have been reproduced in many books and exhibited at major museums in the United States. As a child, Knight was deeply interested in nature and animals, and spent many hours copying the illustrations from his father's natural history books. Though legally blind because of astigmatism and a subsequent injury to his right eye, Knight pursued his artistic talents with the help of specially-designed glasses, and at the age of twelve, he enrolled at the Metropolitan Art School to become a commercial artist. In 1890, he was hired by a church-decorating firm to design stained-glass windows, and after two years with them,... Read full biography
Charles was an American artist best known for his influential paintings of dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals. His works have been reproduced in many books and exhibited at major museums in the United States. As a child, Knight was deeply interested in nature and animals, and spent many hours copying the illustrations from his father's natural history books. Though legally blind because of astigmatism and a subsequent injury to his right eye, Knight pursued his artistic talents with the help of specially-designed glasses, and at the age of twelve, he enrolled at the Metropolitan Art School to become a commercial artist. In 1890, he was hired by a church-decorating firm to design stained-glass windows, and after two years with them, became a freelance illustrator for books and magazines, specializing in nature scenes. In his free time... Read full biography
Charles Robert Knight - Artist Info
About Charles Robert Knight: Museums & Collections
Museums & Collections (8)
All MuseumsEverhart Museum of Natural History, Science & Art
1901 Mulberry Street
Nay Aug Park
Scranton, PA 18510-2390Field Museum Of Natural History
1400 S Lake Shore Drive
Chicago, IL 60605National Museum of American Art-Smithsonian
8th and G Streets NW
Washington, DC 20004The Columbus Museum (COMU)
1251 Wynnton Road
Columbus, GA 31906The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
4525 Oak Street
Kansas City, MO 64111-1873The Newark Museum of Art
49 Washington Street
Newark, NJ 07102U.S. Department of the Interior Museum
1849 C Street N.W.
MS 1251-MIB
Washington, DC 20240